Hugh John Lofting (1886-01-14)14 January 1886 Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
Died
26 September 1947(1947-09-26) (aged 61) Topanga, California, USA
Resting place
Evergreen Cemetery, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Occupation
Novelist, poet
Genre
Children's literature, fantasy
Notable works
Doctor Dolittle series
Notable awards
Newbery Medal 1923
Spouse
Flora Werner Small (1912–1927)
Katherine Ganson Harrower (1929–1929)
Josephine Fricker (1925–1947)
Children
3
Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) was an English American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle.[1] The fictional physician to talking animals, based in an English village, first appeared in illustrated letters to his children which Lofting sent from British Army trenches in the First World War. Lofting settled in the United States soon after the war and before his first book was published.
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